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Arterial and Venous Systems in Essential Hypertension pp 133–152Cite as

Pulse wave velocity and hypertension

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 63))

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Of the many factors implicated in the genesis and maintenance of elevated arterial pressure, the pulsatile function of the arterial system has received little attention in comparison to other cardiovascular related phenomena such as increase in peripheral resistance, regulation of cardiac output, the role of the autonomic nervous system, glomerular filtration and the renin-angiotensin axis. This, despite the fact that ventricular ejection is by necessity intermittent, generating a pulsatile aortic pressure wave which is propagated throughout the arterial vasculature at a finite speed.

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Avolio, A.P. (1987). Pulse wave velocity and hypertension. In: Safar, M.E., London, G.M., Simon, A.C., Weiss, Y.A. (eds) Arterial and Venous Systems in Essential Hypertension. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3303-3_10

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